* Astronomy

New sunspot 12147 (bottom) and 12146 captured with a 100mm refractor and vesta pro webcam . Photomosaic of the eastern limb captured with a 100mm refractor and vesta pro webcam. Sunspots 12146 and 12141 (right) captured with a 100mm refractor and vestapro webcam 1.5x barlow lens IR-cu and solar...

NGC 3759 (also MCG 9-19-136, UGC 6581 and PGC 35945) is a magnitude +13.3 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 256 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 refractor at the Cop...

NGC 6741 (also Phantom Streak Nebula, Jonckheere 475, 2MASS J19023710-0026566 and PK 033-02 1) is a magnitude +11.5 planetary nebula located 7000 light-years away in the constellation Aquila. The planetary nebula was discovered by American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering using a 38.1 cm...

NGC 6883 (also Collinder 415 and OCL 152) is a magnitude +8.0 open star cluster located in the constellation Cygnus. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Windsor Road in Slough, Berkshire, on the 19th Augus...

NGC 7050 (also GC 4652) is a magnitude +10.6 asterism located in the constellation Cygnus. The asterism consists of a group of fifteen magnitude +12 to +15 stars. The grouping was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Winds...

Title: uvby--beta photoelectric photometry of NGC 7063 Authors: J.H. Pena, L. Fox Machado, R. Garrido From uvby photometry of 75 stars in the direction of NGC 7063 we were able to determine membership of some stars and fix the distance (722 ± 105 pc), log age (of 8.146) and reddening (E(b-y) = 0.091 ± 0...

Asteroid (584) Semiramis is at Opposition in constellation Aquarius on the 19th August 2014. Magnitude: 10.4 Distance to Earth: 0.912 AU Distance to Sun: 1.905 AU

The 35 - 78 metre wide asteroid 2014 OA339 will make a close pass (19.4 lunar distances, 0.0500 AU), travelling at 8.53 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th August 2014 @ 16:59 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

The 130 - 300 metre wide asteroid 2014 NC39 will make a close pass (71.5 lunar distances, 0.1838 AU), travelling at 7.02 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th August 2014 @ 10:30 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...

19 August 1957 01:00 Castelnuovo Berardenga, Toscana, Italy For 15 second a "meteor" with tail that disappeared behind a mountain. Probable bolide. Source

Comet 202P/Scotti is at Opposition (3.866 AU) on the 12th July, 2013.

NGC 6633 (also Melotte 201, Collinder 380 and OCL 90) is a magnitude +4.6 open star cluster located 1040 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. The cluster was discovered by Swiss astronomer Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux using a 2-foot focal length Gregorian reflector at his private ob...

The Cabezo de Mayo (L/LL6) meteorite fell in Murcia, Spain, on the 18th August, 1870. A total mass of 25 kg was recovered. 37° 59'N, 1° 10'W

The Kamalpur (L6) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 18th August, 1942. A total mass of 2.77 kg was recovered. 26° 2'N, 81° 28'E

The Zhuanghe (H5) meteorite fell in Liaoning, China, on the 18th August, 1976. A total mass of 2.9 kg was recovered. 39° 40'N, 122° 59'E